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W. B. PHILLIPS. I METALLIC STUD 0R FURRING STRIP.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 17 1909 Patented July 12, 1910.

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WALTER B. PHILLIPS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,

METALLIC STUD OR FURRING-STRIP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER B. PHILLIPs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 2. Metallic Stud or Furrin -Strip, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to improvements in a metallic stud or furring strip for use" with perforated sheets or expanded metal lath now generally employed in fireproof construction and one of my objects is to provide a simple and inexpensive stud of this character to which the lath maybe quickly and reliably secured.

A further object is to provide a stud of such configuration in cross section that reat rigidity may be obtained with thin or ight sheet metal, and whereby two or more studs may be readily spliced together.

In order that the'invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, in which:,

Figure 1 represents a broken perspective of the metallic stud with metal lath attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective of two studs spliced together. Fig. 3 is a lan view of the stud. Fig. 4 is, a modified orm of the stud.

In constructing the stud I roll of sheet-metal body port-ion 1, and a air of wings 2, bent at right angles to said body portion. Body portion 1 is concaved at its central portion 3 to add to the rigidity thereof, so that the stud may be .constructed from comparatively light metal.

Wings 2 are preferably parallel with each othe laand form two flat surfaces at opposite sides' jof the stud against which the lath is placed in constructing a hollow partition wall. ".Wings 2 have integral eyes or aper tured lugs 4 struck therefrom and bent at right angles thereto so that the metal lath Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 17., 1909. Serial No. 496,481.

or other- I Patented July 12, 1910.

may be sus ended from said eyes, to which it is reliab l secured by ins or nails 5, which are p aced through t e eyes.

When the eyes are bent outwardly from the wings openings 6 are leftin the same through wh ch the eyes on the opposing stud may project when splicing two or more studs together, as shown in Fig. 2.

In the modified form, shown in Fig. 4,

1 designates the stud, which has eyes 4", projecting from but one side thereof to re my invention,

at right angles along their longltudinal edges to form trough-like members, and placed back to back with said arallel sides in overlapping relation, spaced l from said sides and turned outwardl at right angles thereto, each of said lugs a in a central aperture stamped therein, and said lugs being disposed and constructed to permit the sides of one member to en age the opposing sides of the opposite mem er and. to permit the lugs of a side of one member to extend through the adjacent side of the opposin member and 1 ing in juxtaposition to the u s of said rst mentioned side: whereby t e a erturesof said juxtaposed lugs are broug t into operation, andpins inserted through said re istered apertures.

In testimony whereof aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

F. G. Frsonnn, M. Cox.

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